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Banquo's Influence On Macbeth

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Macbeth was without a doubt very strong person in this play. He was able to kill his best friend and the king without anybody noticing until towards the end. Banquo had his suspensions and that's why Macbeth had him killed. The witches had told MacBeth to beware of Macduff and to beware of anyone born of a woman(Act 4, scene 1, page 4,line 82-83) little did he know that know that MacDuff was born as cesarean birth.Macbeth also was told by his wife to kill Duncan because of both of them wanting the crown . so he was influenced by his wife to kill Duncan. He started going crazy and power-hungry by when he saw Banquo's ghost and when he found out that the trips are coming to destroy him he got a little in over his head and cocky because of

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